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Overcoming Adversity…Part 1

September 25, 2013
Brandon
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The Dark Knight Rises by DiegoWho

For today’s post I want to express a different tone and steer a little off the normal path in terms of getting my message across. Today’s post is about overcoming adversity. I sincerely hope that today’s post will leave you with a positive mindset and serve as a catalyst for you to overcome whatever adversity you may be facing in your life. Yeah, I know this isn’t quite the usual message, but it does fit into the context of strength and that can carry over into your day to day pursuit of fitness, as well as any other part of your life for that matter.

Strength Tip Of The Day…

September 20, 2013
Brandon
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The Progression Of An Athlete/Fitness Junkie…

I’ve been getting several questions lately regarding my approach to training athletes. Several folks have been asking me “So Coach what do you do with a typical athlete from day one?” Well that’s a great question and I’m going to try to paint the picture for you right here in my latest blogisode! Keep on reading to find out.

The Hell Medicine Ball Training Has To Offer!

September 13, 2013
Brandon
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So the other day I had a fairly new student come in to kick off a training session. He was curious as to what I had on the agenda for the day and deciding that it would be a good day to enhance some power conditioning I decided to break out the medicine balls! Once I got a set of soft throwing and hard bounce medicine balls ranging in weight from 10 to 16 lbs. (depending on the size of the student) I quickly started getting some funny looks from the relatively new student. It was a look that kind of said to me “what the hell are we going to do with these little medicine balls?” Well there was plenty to do and if you continue reading I’ll be glad to give you a peek at some of the options.

Strength Is…

September 6, 2013
Brandon
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About doing what is hard without making excuses.

The Strength Of Persuasion…Another Strength Coach Characteristic!

August 21, 2013
Brandon
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Being persuasive takes skill. Sticking the finger in the face and just “telling folks how it is” isn’t really an effective approach when it comes to convincing others. The power of persuasion can completely change lives. Depending on who is doing the persuading some can be for the better and some can be for the worse. Either way I want to dive a little deeper into this and also look at how this is part of the strength coach’s role as a strength and fitness professional. So keep reading NOW…I meant to say if you’d like to learn more then I’d love to invite you to continue reading! 🙂 I think you got my point.